Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

1986
7.0
1 Seasons
Animation Drama

A brilliant collection of beautifully animated episodes based on selected masterpieces of Japanese modern literature. The aim of this series is to appeal to the viewer at large and to give him or her some idea of the variety and individuality which Japanese literature has developed over the last hundred years. The authors range from Higuchi Ichiyou (Takekurabe), Mori Ougai (The Dancing Girl) and Natsume Souseki (Botchan) to Kawabata Yasunari (The Izu Dancer), Nobel laureate of 1968, and Mishima Yukio (The Sound of Waves).

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

The Izu Dancer

Ep 2

The Sound of Waves Part 1: The Awakening of Spring

Ep 3

The Sound of Waves Part 2: The Storm of Summer

Ep 4

The Grave of the Wild Chrysanthemum

Ep 5

The wind blows

Ep 6

The fruit of Olympus

Ep 7

Botchan: The New Teacher's Wrath!

Ep 8

Botchan: Exterminate Red-Shirt!

Ep 9

From "Harmonium and fish town" in Wandering Days

Ep 10

The Dancing Girl

Ep 11

Asunaro Story

Ep 12

A Roadside Stone: Dreams of Middle School

Ep 13

A Roadside Stone: Hard Times

Ep 14

Growing Up

Ep 15

The priest of Mount Kōya

Ep 16

A Ghost Story (Kaidan): The Song of Hoichi

Ep 17

The Incident in the Bedroom Suburb

Ep 18

A Voice from Heaven

Ep 19

The Theatre of Life

Ep 20

Season of the sun: A dangerous youth

Ep 21

The Tale of Shunkin

Ep 22

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 1: The Lucky Adventurer of the Kodokan Dojo

Ep 23

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 2: Deadly Mountain Thunder

Ep 24

Sanshiro the Judoist Chapter 3: Battle at Ukyo ga Hara

Ep 25

The harp of Burma Part 1: Noplace like home

Ep 26

The harp of Burma Part 2: Song of separation

Ep 27

A Walker in the Attic

Ep 28

A Psychological Test

Ep 29

A Red Room

Ep 30

The New Story of Tōno

Ep 31

The Martyr

Ep 32

The Story of Koyasu Dog

Cast